MIAMI MASTERS 2013, ROUND 2: Andy A-Tomic , beats Bernie 6'3, 6'1

[Sallydaisy]

Bernard Tomic has just beaten Marc Gicquel (just being the operative word - 7'5, 7'6 over a 35yr old!!!) and his reward is a match against World #3 Andy Murray in R2.

They've only met once before (I can't access the H2H page on the ATP website to do a link) - in the Semi-Final in Brisbane 2012 and the winner was Andy Murray by 6'3, 6'2.

Tomic was WR42 at the time and he's still ranked in the mid-40's a year later; he's only 20 so has plenty of time to push on up the ranks.

At the time of their Brisbane encounter there were many talking about his talent and the possibility of him giving Andy a troublesome match.
That proved not to be the case so let's hope it's the same this time around.

The match will be played on Saturday 23rd March, 3rd on Stadium so 19.00 approx UK time.

[themass15]

Go Andy!

[Caro]

Oh goody, hoping to be able to watch this live for a change

[patmoren]

Tomic is difficult to play because he is so erratic. If Andy maintains his focus shouldn't have a problem

[MurrayAOne]

Go andyyyyyyyyyyy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Linda]

No problem.

[supergran]

I'm sure Andy will be OK!! Good luck.:thumbup::thumbup:

[TheHippyJesus]

I hope it is not on too late.

[Jan62]

Hurrah. half a chance might get to see this match live - not too big a time difference even if its on relatively late in Miami. Go Andy!!!

[jeannie13]

I see that Andy's 3rd on main court after a ladies & men's match tomorrow.

[lynne]

Depending if they get all their matches played today because of rain delay, I would say Andy would play roughly 6.30 - 7pm(UK)



The Very Best of Luck Andy!!!:thumbup::thumbup:

[Sallydaisy]

I see that Andy's 3rd on main court after a ladies & men's match tomorrow.
Thanks Jeannie! Thread title edited.
:thumbup:

[LC the fan]

Reckon it will be around 7.30 our time. Was expecting visitors this weekend (non-tennis fans!) so thought I would miss it but I have a clean house and food prepared so will be free to watch - hooray ! :thumbup:
Sky did say they would catch Andy's first match so assuming that it will be on

[david1610]

Weather site says 20% chance of rain today (sunny/cloudy) in Miami and 10% chance at night. Scattered clouds. 25 ºC max 29 ºC Night 22 ºC. Tomorrow 22-31 ºC with chance of thundertorms and 30% chance of rain.

[Hawkeye]

My plans for this evening have been ruined by the weather, so getting to see Andy is my consolation!

[Linda]

What a pity he's not on either early or late on this occasion, as I'm going to a quiz night tonight which starts at 6.30 :sad: Oh well, good luck Andy and hope I will come home to good news.

[supergran]

Great time for most of us in UK. Just hope he comes out raring to go and plays well.

[david1610]

Aftwards, Tomic is partnering Hewitt in the doubles. That must be an interesting combination, especially if you are an Aussie!

[Jane]

The very best of luck, Andy:thumbup::thumbup::thumbup::thumbup::)

[banskogirl]

Hope to see a little of this although I'm out tonight at our teens club. Starts at 8pm and the weather has settled enough to go so I suppose I must.....

[david1610]

Depending if they get all their matches played today because of rain delay, I would say Andy would play roughly 6.30 - 7pm(UK)



The Very Best of Luck Andy!!!:thumbup::thumbup:
Well the match before, Tsonga and Troicki, is just about to start so Andy's starting time may well depend on Tsonga's form today!
Edit: As Jo drops his opening service game!

[cazza99]

What a pity he's not on either early or late on this occasion, as I'm going to a quiz night tonight which starts at 6.30 :sad: Oh well, good luck Andy and hope I will come home to good news.

Well if he'd been on earlier you'd probably have Andrew Castle commentating.

I'm just hoping that as Andrew Castle is commentating this afternoon he won't be this evening.

[david1610]

Tsonga restoring ranking order, breaking back and now leading 4-3 in the first.
But having to save a set point at 4-5 after being broken again before being a bit lucky with calls to get back to 5-5.

[JAMES4578]

Pity the timing doesn't suit everyone but if Andy plays well sure you'll all be happy. Didn't have anything else planned,looking forward to the match!

[david1610]

Tsonga leading 5-1 in TB, 5-2 then two successive doubles! Finally Tsonga gets in 8-6.

[david1610]

Tsonga finally breaking and holding to 2-0, now 2-1.
Looks a bit sticky out there folks and both players showing the effects of the combination of heat and humidity after a long rally.
Troicki is on a losing streak of 31 straight losses against the top ten! Overall 3/49.
3-1. Some might say just a question of concentration for Jo now, but I would not risk waiting for one more hour for Andy.....

Well done Jo! 7-6 6-3

Time for Andy!

[david1610]

tennis tv now showing Tomic and Andy warming up.

[traveller7]

If anyone gets a stream I can use on a galaxy tablet please post!

[david1610]

Well Andy's first service game would not win any awards, but was solid enough and he seemed to be making sure he was getting a lot of first serves in. 1-1
C'mon Andy!

[david1610]

Two BPs against Andy. First set first matchitis?
C'mon Andy!

[Hawkeye]

Andy saves the 2 BPs.

[DaveArneRiise]

I've never really endeared to Tomic as a player. I remember when he snubbed Hewitt's offer as a training partner as thought Hewitt wasn't good enough to train with him. Appears he suffers from megalomania. Cmon Andy!

[Madeline]

Phew! I just got home in time to see Andy really struggling to hold serve there!

[david1610]

Phew! Andy holds 2-2. Might be time for a break. Dave... don't know if you saw my comment earlier but Tomic is playing doubles with Hewitt later.
0-30 Tomic a bit too many UEs. Chances! C'mon Andy!
And Andy breaks! (Images of Judy smiling away with Dareen Cahill).

[Madeline]

:dance:

[KnightOwl]

:grrr: had to watch the first part of the match with the sound down thanks to Mum phoning while the players were warming up! Oh well....!

[cazza99]

:clap: Andy.

Commies were saying in previous match that there was a big advantage playing from one end because of the wind. Hopefully the wind has died down a bit now.

[KnightOwl]

Much better :clap:

[JAMES4578]

A bit of nervy start but thankfully Andy was able to save the bps and go up a gear. Now 4-2 up,Tomic may have missed his chance to put Murray under pressure.

[david1610]

Yes, Andy settled down. Double break would be very useful though!

[Jan62]

Anyone got a live stream?? Listening on 5Live Sports Extra

[Jane]

6-3 to Andy:cheer::cheer::cheer::cheer::cheer:

[KnightOwl]

:clap: that set seemed to go fairly quickly, in the end - pretty comfortable apart from that one service game.

[Madeline]

Good lad. Keep it up.

[Jan]

first set to Andy 6-3 :cheer::cheer:

[Jan62]

:yahoo: First set 6-3. that's the way to do it. :)

[Madeline]

Anyone got a live stream?? Listening on 5Live Sports Extra

I'm watching on tennistv but there is pretty sure to be one on livescorehunter.com.

[JAMES4578]

Andy looking comfortable right now and Tomic seems to have few answers to counteract it. More of the same Muzzah!

[Jan62]

Awww. Nick Bollitieri commentating on R5Live SX - just said "Judy Murray to me is a princess" :) She'll be pleased with that one!

[david1610]

Andy gets the break thanks to two DFs by Tomic. Over 30 UEs by him already. You won't beat the number 2 seed that way even if it is Andy's first match of the tournament!

[Jan62]

3-1 in the 2nd. Cruising ? :cauldron:

[Elenive]

Back home, just tuned in and looking very good indeed :thumbup:

[supergran]

Tomic seems to have lost the plot. Dreary performance even though he is playing the No 3 soon to be No 2.

[Jan62]

What's up with Tomic? Nice and easy for Andy, which we like, but Tomic's game has deserted him and I don't really like to see that from anyone. But a win's a win :)

[Sallydaisy]

Argh! Friends dropped round just as Andy was about to start ... only just caught the last 2 games!
:grrr:

He's doing well though ...

[david1610]

Well apart from making Andy work very hard to hold serve at 2-2, this has been a non-performance by Tomic.

[Jane]

6-3, 6-1 Andy wins - great stuff:cheer::cheer::cheer:

[Sallydaisy]

:yahoo::yahoo::Yahoo:

6'3, 6'1 looks to have been easy peasy!

[cazza99]

:yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo: Well done Andy :clap: :clap:

[Jan]

:cheer::cheer::cheer:

[david1610]

So I presume they have now finished warming up and Tomic will now start playing ;)

[Elenive]

Lovely stuff! Andy must love the Miami event since he spends so much time on those courts and around the area! Really want him to win it again!

[KnightOwl]

Argh! Friends dropped round just as Andy was about to start...

Oh no!! At least you saw the end though....

[lynne]

So I presume they have now finished warming up and Tomic will now start playing ;)

:laugh:Nice one David!!!:thumbup:


Well done Andy!!!!:thumbup::thumbup:

[Madeline]

Woohoo!

[supergran]

Well done Andy....nice easy first match!!:cheer::cheer:

[Sallydaisy]

Oh no!! At least you saw the end though....

Yep!
:thumbup:
Was Andy THAT good throughout or Bernie a load of .....?
I'll have a quick look back through the thread.

The friends were supposed to be coming by tomorrow afternoon but are heading off early for Easter break and wanted to borrow some stuff to take so I couldn't bundle them out any sooner.

Ho hum, blooming starving I am too.

[Bardot]

Easy peasy for Andy :cheer::cheer: but not good to see Tomic the tank engine on show again. He made no effort on the last 2 points. :grrr:

[Madeline]

Mmm - I see Bellucci is up next, he put Janowicz out. Drat, I was looking forward to Andy getting his revenge for Paris.

[Maza1987]

Darn,
Andy wasn't messing about tonight.

[karanga]

Well done Andy - nice easy opener. :bravo:

[Sallydaisy]

Mmm - I see Bellucci is up next, he put Janowicz out. Drat, I was looking forward to Andy getting his revenge for Paris.
Whoa tiger! Andy has to beat Dimitrov or Bolelli first ...
;)

[DaveArneRiise]

If Tomic wasn't carrying an injury then the commitment he showed is inexcusable. In a world where job security is tough and job cuts are ruthless people are fired every-time they fart and cough. We are accountable for our actions, Tomic as someone who gets paid in abundance should at least play as if he actually wants to be there.

[ljs]

just got home , missed the whole thing :grrr:

Sounds like he played really well .

[DaveArneRiise]

Well done Pat getting a PS!

[cazza99]

just got home , missed the whole thing :grrr:

Sounds like he played really well .

Tomic played well for the first 4 games and then dropped off, so it was more like Tomic playing badly. Having said that the conditions are difficult and Andy is used to playing in those conditions.

[Alis]

Missed it all because our power has been off for 24 hours. So glad it's back on - it was getting very cold - and soooooooo glad to see that Andy won. Well done our man!!!!

[Bardot]

Apparently Andy wrote on the camera "I have more hair than you" but in Spanish......

[LC the fan]

Well done Andy. Topic really beat himself, Andy just had to keep the ball in court and Tomic did it for him. He started a bit nervously as normal (do wish he could correct that) but once he got over a tough fourth game he coasted through. Conditions were tough though. Hot humid and windy

[JAMES4578]

Once Andy got the first break he never looked back and didn't give Tomic another chance,well done! However, some appalling errors from Bernie and he seemed to more or less give up well before the end. Talk of him being the next big thing looking pretty shaky right now.

[Bardot]

Bolelli just retired so it will be Dimitrov in the next round.

[ljs]

Once Andy got the first break he never looked back and didn't give Tomic another chance,well done! However, some appalling errors from Bernie and he seemed to more or less give up well before the end. Talk of him being the next big thing looking pretty shaky right now.

i agree James , sometimes he plays great , and then theres the crap & attitude side.

[xenon21]

Solid win from Andy. Apparently Tomic woke up with a cold and tried to play through it

[hfwardhouse]

So pleased to get back to the house and see the result!!!

[Sallydaisy]

Tomic says, in his presser, that he felt unwell:-


Tennis Panorama News ‏@TennisNewsTPN (https://twitter.com/TennisNewsTPN) 13m (https://twitter.com/TennisNewsTPN/status/315576906055569408) RT @AmyFetherolf (https://twitter.com/AmyFetherolf): Just talked to Tomic. He's quite sick.
RT @AmyFetherolf (https://twitter.com/AmyFetherolf): And trust me, he was sick. Sounded pretty bad, but I think he still plans to play dubs with Lleyton
RT @AmyFetherolf (https://twitter.com/AmyFetherolf): Tomic is very excited about playing Davis Cup. Sounds like he's really mended things with Pat Rafter. Quotes to come soon.Said he was having a lot of trouble breathing during the match.

[patmoren]

Good win from Andy, Played much more positively today.

[supergran]

Solid win from Andy. Apparently Tomic woke up with a cold and tried to play through it Man flu? That will get 'em every time.

[Linda]

Well done Andy! Good to see that it was such a decisive win :)

[pabbers]

Far from scintillating but the W was the main thing plus conservation of energy.